Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a proportionality test rather than a test of strict necessity. The level of intrusiveness is potentially increased by lowering the threshold. By generalising the scheme of the Bill and not specifically mentioning those who are threatened by the potential intrusiveness of data, does Ms Moore not consider there is a potential increased risk of data usage with the lowering the threshold?

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